Child and Adult Care Food

NOTE: The application due date for this program has passed.

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a State and federally funded program that provides funding to licensed child care centers, adult day care centers, and organizations that sponsor day care homes to ensure participants receive nutritionally adequate meals and snacks while in care. Funding is also available for meals and snacks at emergency shelters and after-school programs.

Eligibility

Eligible
Applicants

Institutions of higher education, local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, other organizations or agencies

Required
EligibilityCriteria

Public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit agencies; agencies licensed or approved to provide non-residential day care to children or chronically impaired adults. Public or private nonprofit emergency shelters may also be eligible for subsidy.

Other
Eligibility
Considerations

Each program component serves a different population or age group. At-risk after school programs must be located in a low-income area.

Agencies are reimbursed for the number and types of meals served according to the participant's household eligibility for free, reduced-price, or base rate meals. In addition to $319,196,000 million in federal funds, $2,530,000 million in State funds are available for child care agencies. See current rates at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/rs/index.asp.

Important Dates

Date
ApplicationAvailable

October 1, 2012

Due Date

Applications or other data may be submitted at any time during the fiscal year.